Sunday October 13, 2002
E654
Sydney must outwit Sark in order to find a crucial piece of intel. Meanwhile, Jack faces Sydney's mother for the first time in almost 20 years. Will finally meets Vaughn and Sloane is haunted by his wife's death.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)What a great adventure episode hide show
This one really had that exciting motion, fast turning storylines and lot of happened. From the satellite launch to the Seberia. And I most say they really had that kind of stunning scenery there - that ice gave and under the ice in the end..
And ofcourse this episode marked that Sydney's mother and father saw each other again. And that wasn't too bad..
Anyway, the episode was exciting, the music box was brought in again and Will - he is somehow part of it too. Using him to get the names.. and how Syndey felt they are using him.. and he should be able to move on.
El enemigo vuelve a mostrar su cara. Sloane? Sí y la muerte que lo persigue y juega con su mente. Irina? También, con ese juego que te quiero tanto hija y qué fue de tu vida en todos estos años entendeme por favor no soy tan mala como parece al menos no con vos te quiero. Pero hablo de Sark y de su incesante búsqueda por Rambaldi. Rambaldi y esa música tan siglo XV y ese aire tan actual. Sidney luchando contra el mal con los tan buenos de la CIA que qué van a hacer con semejante tecnología? Salvar al mundo? Administrarlo como el bien supremo que son? ...
I liked seeing Sark brought back into the big picture, he was one of the primary bad guys at the end of season 1 - basically ever since the episode where he killed the head of K-Dirrecterette to make sure thta he had his place where he needed to be. The ending when he got capped in the knee and Sydney fell into the water was the best ending so far this season. Very cliffhanger quality Alias that I am used to seeing out of this show. Ending the episode with action means you start the next one off with a bang, which is always a good way to start an epsiode. I really enjoyed Wills dream sequence that gave them the information that they needed - I thought it would have been bad writing had they just gone to Sydneys mother for everything they needed from now on. Jack Bristow and Lauras meeting for the first time was pretty intense. The ending "You still havent told her..." line is classic Alais that I hope is expanded on in future episodes with a nice flashback story or something. Fantastic episode all around.
At last the return of Rambaldi
Rambaldi while being mentioned in the previous two episodes finally comes back into the picture. The artifact of the day is a music box whose song holds the formal for zero point energy.
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Now you are either a hater or lover of the special effects on this episode. I thought they did a great job the tunnel scene was very cool and the look at the rocket from below was exceptional. Sydney walking along the plank could have been better but still looked pretty good for T.V. and the scenery inserts were well done. A lot of people criticized the snow I didn’t think it was horrible. I mean the computer-generated snow was pretty bad but the fake paper snow was fine by me and I didn’t have a problem with the caverns either. Altogether the amount of effects and what I think was a good execution of them still gets them a high grade. The acting was once again amazing with Lena Olin once again being a major contributor. Her scenes with Sydney are great and her scene with Jack was simple and quick but given the situation it only makes sense and adds to the scene. However one of the best scenes in the episode is between Will and Vaughn. They obviously both like Sydney and I’m pretty sure they both know it. Also having Sark back is a pleasant surprise.
The episode once again greatly expands on Sydney’s relationship with her mother. For Sydney’s entire attempt to keep her relationship wither her mother from getting personal, that is exactly what is happening. Irina is a tricky one and is using events of Sydney’s life that not even she remembers to get close to her. Sydney is of course curious as well and finds out the information and ends up telling her mother defiantly giving her mother an in into her personal life. Jack sees this and warns Irina to stay away from Sydney, which I’m sure, she wont listen to. Their scene was the first time they have met in a long time. It is short and to the point which really only makes sense because Jack doesn’t want to make it personal however that is exactly what Irina wants to do. The Rambaldi piece was pretty isolated and to itself but either way it was a very cool story with a very cool artifact. Writing continues be on its game. As previously mentioned the scene between Will and Vaughn was a great scene. The talk between Jack and Irina while short felt just right and they included a lot of nice action in this one.
Finally the episode has a very fast paced style that remains me a lot of the first season. Including two missions and ending in a cliffhanger also reminiscent of season 1.
Special Effects: 10
Acting: 10
Direction: 9
Writing: 9
Style: 10
Final Rating: 9.6
Will is jealous of Vaughn! hide show
Sark is now in control of Irena's organisation, and SD-6, the CIA & Sark are all trying to locate another Rambaldi artifact, a music box.
Jack finally faces Irena for the first time in 20 years but the conversation wasn't what I expected. Ireana is starting to win Sydney over, but she didn't get anywhere with Jack.
Will & Vaugn meet for the first time and you can see right away that Will is jealous of him & knew that Vaughn had feelings for Syd. And did I detect a hint of Jealousy from Vaughn too.
My favorite part of the episode was when Syd told Sloan that Emily's death wasn't his fault. It must have taken a great deal of self control to say that directly to Sloan with a straight face.
The ending was cool with Sydney trapped under the ice
And what did Jack do to Sydney after Irena left?
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